{"id":898,"date":"2008-03-02T21:13:09","date_gmt":"2008-03-03T02:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=898"},"modified":"2008-03-02T21:13:09","modified_gmt":"2008-03-03T02:13:09","slug":"fantastic-finge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/fantastic-finge\/","title":{"rendered":"fantastic finger puppets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Meg6\" alt=\"Meg6\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/03\/02\/meg6.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/>Meet Megan Jeffery (circa 2nd grade) from Seekonk, MA.&nbsp; She creates very clever felt finger puppets that will make any kid-at-heart crack a grin.<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Meg5\" alt=\"Meg5\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/03\/02\/meg5.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>I first purchased her work from a store I visited on a <a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/ai_paper_design\/2008\/01\/oop---providenc.html\">recent trip to Rhode Island called OOP!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tag attached to this humorous gem read, &quot;McFly grew up on the &#8216;wrong side of the tracks&#8217;, but got an athletic scholarship to a prestigious Ivy League school.&nbsp; He&#8217;s on the baseball team because he&#8217;s great at catching FLY balls!&quot; How could I leave that behind? <a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/03\/02\/meg1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Meg1\" alt=\"Meg1\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/03\/02\/meg1.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>After returning home, I found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop.php?user_id=27816\">more of Megan&#8217;s lovely work on Etsy<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/03\/02\/meg3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Meg3\" alt=\"Meg3\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/03\/02\/meg3.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Each finger puppet has been made of 100% wool roving, which has been wrapped around my HER VERY OWN FINGER and wet felted to create the &quot;finger form&quot;. After that, she adds stitching, eyes, bits-n-bobs of trim to create the character that you see before you.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/03\/02\/meg4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Meg4\" alt=\"Meg4\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/03\/02\/meg4.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Megan graduated from RISD with a BFA in<a href=\"http:\/\/www.megillustrations.com\/index.html\"> illustration<\/a> but still churns these sweet little creations out for fun.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/03\/02\/meg2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Meg2\" alt=\"Meg2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/03\/02\/meg2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The saying, &#8216;It&#8217;s all in the details&quot; couldn&#8217;t be truer when it comes to Megan&#8217;s puppets&#8230; right down to the fabulous backdrops for her punchy personalities.<\/p>\n<p>We do not carry Megan&#8217;s work at catching fireflies, but you can purchase her goods through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop.php?user_id=27816\">Etsy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"body\"><span face=\"Lucida Sans Unicode\"><span style=\"color: #cc3300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #996600;\">Do you like to reading about artists who create delightful goodies?&nbsp; Then don&#8217;t miss out on upcoming inspiring <\/span><span style=\"color: #996600;\">features.&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"color: #996600;\">S<\/span><\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2007\/05\/get_catching_fi.html\"><strong><span style=\"color: #996633;\">ign up<\/span><\/strong><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #996633;\"> to receive these blog posts in your email inbox today!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/fantastic-finge\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/fantastic-finge\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Megan Jeffery (circa 2nd grade) from Seekonk, MA.&nbsp; She creates very clever felt finger puppets that will make any kid-at-heart crack a grin. I first purchased her work from a store I visited on a recent trip to Rhode Island called OOP! The tag attached to this humorous gem read, &quot;McFly grew up on the &#8216;wrong side of the tracks&#8217;, but got an athletic scholarship to a prestigious Ivy League school.&nbsp; He&#8217;s on the baseball team because he&#8217;s great at catching FLY balls!&quot; How could I leave that behind? After returning home, I found more of Megan&#8217;s lovely work on Etsy. Each finger puppet has been made of 100% wool roving, which has been wrapped around my HER VERY OWN FINGER and wet felted to create the &quot;finger form&quot;. After that, she adds stitching, eyes, bits-n-bobs of trim to create the character that you see before you. Megan graduated from RISD with a BFA in illustration but still churns these sweet little creations out for fun. 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